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Corluka given all-clear after head injury

Vedran Corluka was knocked unconscious after he took a heavy blow to the head
Vedran Corluka was knocked unconscious after he took a heavy blow to the head

Tottenham Hotspur's Croatian defender Vedran Corluka has been given the all-clear after suffering a blow to the head during his team's 2-1 defeat at Stoke City.

Corluka had X-rays in hospital, but it appeared he had suffered no serious injury.

A Tottenham spokesman said: "He has regained consciousness and has had head and neck X-rays and everything appears to be okay."

Corluka was twice caught by his own goalkeeper within a minute as Heurelho Gomes tried to deal with Stoke's set-plays.

First the Croatian suffered a blow to the ribs and then after coming back on to the field caught the keeper's knee full on his chin.

Lengthy medical attention on the pitch followed before the Spurs defender left on a stretcher wearing on an oxygen mask and was taken straight into a pitch-side ambulance.

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